Former Jurupa Valley High School teacher says she was fired for not hiding students' gender preferences from parents - ABC7 Los Angeles
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- A former Jurupa Valley High School teacher is speaking out after she says she was fired for not hiding students' gender transitions and identities from parents.
Jessica Tapia was fired for refusing to follow a state law that forbids teachers from talking to parents about their child's gender choices without consent from the student.
"And I said, 'Are you asking me to lie to parents?' And they said 'Yes,'" Tapia said outside Jurupa Valley High.
AB 1266 was passed in 2014. It says schools can't tell parents about their children's gender identity without first asking the student.
Assemblyman Bill Essayli from Riverside is now introducing new legislation. He says he wants to protect parental rights so parents know what's going on with their children.
"Concealing information from parents is not only wrong, it's dangerous and harmful to the emotional and physical safety of trans minors," Essayli said, standing next to Tapia during a press conference.
Tapia said parents need to be involved during this time.
"We are talking about minors. Their brain is not fully developed. The decision-making portal in that brain is not fully developed, and they need their parents at this time for everything," she said. "Everything they're going through, mentally, emotionally physically, spiritually, you name it."
Tapia is planning to sue the school district for wrongful termination.
The Jurupa Unified School District sent a statement that said, in part: "...all students and staff enjoy the right to privacy under the Constitutions of the United States and California. While individuals may elect to disclose their personal information to the public, the District is prohibited from doing so."
"The District's actions related to Ms. Tapia were based on its obligations under current state and federal law which protects student privacy and requires the District to provide a discrimination-free learning environment to students."
"The law will reset the appropriate relationship between educators and parents, and reaffirm that children are the domain of their parents, not the government," Essayli said.
Some parents at the school think they need to know what their children are doing.
"Parents should absolutely be involved in all the decisions that their kids make," parent Peggy Bigby Lamberth said. "Right now, kids are influenced by the media, by their friends, by just a lot of mixed messages."
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So, tell me again how schools aren't targeting children again.
Targeting? Schools were literally created for the benefit of children. People go into the teaching business because they care about that mission. Stop spreading this nonsense that schools are out to hurt children.
Then explain why a school administration would want to keep ANY information from parents.
Please feel free to prove it as nonsense.
They’re afraid parents will abuse kids. That actually happens, you know.
But that does not mean schools are “targeting” kids.
No, I think it’s on you to prove that schools are out to hurt kids. I don’t need to disprove obvious bullshit.
When you went to school, were you “targeted?” Sheesh!
That's a pathetic stretch and you know it. Do better.
And there's the answer I was expecting. You CAN'T show it's nonsense.
You’re wrong.
Disparities in Childhood Abuse Between Transgender and Cisgender Adolescents
You made a claim that schools are targeting kids and it’s somehow up to me to prove you wrong? Horseshit! Why isn’t it up to you to prove your own claim?
That’s not how this works. You don’t just go around saying whatever outrageous bullshit you can imagine and then challenge other people to disprove it.
Suppose I called you a child molester. Would it be up to me to prove it? Or up to you to disprove it?
The article is my proof. You're the one that claimed it was nonsense. So lets see why you think it's nonsense.
No it isn’t. You continue to say empty, unsupported bullshit. If you care to persuade people, have a take and support it with evidence.
Democrats think their indoctrination centers know what is better for children than their parents.
This is proof of it.
So many leftist run school districts seem willing to fall upon their swords in their determination to indoctrinate little kids with harmful progressive propaganda. This is very similar to what happened in Germany with the Hitler Youth.
The state takes over parenting.
And punishing parents and teachers who dare stand against them.
I blame the teacher unions. Strong lobbies that threaten politicians that don’t goosestep to their narrative.
Pitting teachers agains parents and worse yet the kids they are suppose to be teaching not indoctrinating.
The unforeseen side effect of COVID-19.
Parents discovery of their children’s schools indoctrination programs
Doh!
If they can't tell parents about something this important, why do they bother sending home report cards?
They are giving 50% credit for doing no work, well that, is unless they mention that a somebody born female is female and somebody born male is male.
Where are all the liberals telling the state of California to stop telling them how to raise their kids?
That’d be me. I don’t approve of laws like this, and I have said so here.
We’ve had seeds on this topic before, so I’ll briefly summarize what I said then. I am not in favor of hiding gender issues from the parents. Parents should have a chance to parent.
I understand the fear that parents will be abusive or unsupportive, but kids already have rights in the face of parental abuse. The healthiest thing can happen is for parents to be engaged, hopefully in a loving and supportive role.
I also don’t think teachers should be put in a position where they need to be anything other than honest with a parent. in the